Me to Neil deGrasse Tyson: Let’s do this!

I’ve been a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson for a long time. He’s even my friend on the facebook1.

Today, however, he earns a new level of respect plus several thousand cool points. Thanks to a post over on Stop Trying to Inspire Me, I found an interview he did with Linda Holmes for NPR [...]

February 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Master's Project | 4 comments

Science = Curiosity + Skepticism

Okay, so there is more to science than just curiosity & skepticism- but if my young students leave my class with that understanding, I’d be a happy human.

I’ve been grappling for awhile now with how to introduce my 14-15 year old freshmen to what it means to be a scientist. Science is too often [...]

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: pedagogy | 6 comments